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VIDEO: Not on an empty stomach: 20 foods to avoid when your stomach is empty

Today most people don’t eat a proper diet because their lifestyle doesn’t allow it. They live with a scarcity of time or lead a sedentary life. This only makes people eat junk food or “fast” food, be more sedentary, starve for hours, etcetera. This all causes trouble in their digestive system, particularly the stomach, which, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine “is an organ between your esophagus and small intestine. It is where digestion of protein begins. The stomach has three tasks. It stores swallowed food. It mixes the food with stomach acids. Then it sends the mixture on to the small intestine.”

You need to be careful both with what you eat and what you don’t eat, and it’s also important to avoid certain foods when your stomach is empty, because they could damage your stomach permanently.

Foods you must NOT eat on an empty stomach

There are many foods that you should not eat with an empty stomach since they can severely damage your health. Here we have enlisted the 20 foods you must not eat on an empty stomach.

1. Baked bread

The yeast in baked bread irritates the stomach walls, and this produces intestinal gas.

2. Candies

Sugar increases insulin production and this is not good for the pancreas. You could develop diabetes.

3. Yogurt and sour dairy products

These foods react with the hydrochloric acid in your stomach and the bacteria that these products contain are killed. Therefore, in the end, you won’t get any real benefit from them.